20 – These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

21 – And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 – And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.

23 – Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:

24 – And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

25 – But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.

26 – Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.

27 – But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.

28 – Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.

29 – And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there.

30 – And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them:

31 – So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 – And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

33 – And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

34 – And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes.

35 – And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

36 – And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people.

37 – And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.

38 – And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.

39 – And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and came into the coasts of Magedan.

The Catholic Bible Online. Scriptures are from The Douay Rheims Catholic Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain. The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church.